Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Part I: The Air War against Germany -- 1. A Second Lieutenant Meets Colonel LeMay -- 2. Across the North Atlantic -- 3. Training for Combat -- 4. Group Navigator for Colonel LeMay -- 5. The Possum Becomes Our Commanding General -- 6. Casablanca-The Air Force Rejects Area Bombing -- 7. Our First Mission over Germany -- 8. Prelude to a Bloody Summer -- 9. The Politics of High Command -- 10. Bloody Summer -- 11. Munich by Night, Schweinfurt by Day -- 12. Hansell and LeMay in Washington -- 13. Reflections at Sea -- Part II: The Air War against Japan -- 14. General Arnold's 3 Billion Gamble -- 15. Hansell and LeMay Lead the B-29s -- 16. The Battle of Culver City -- 17. A Different War, a Different Enemy -- 18. The Divine Winds of Heaven -- 19. The Beginning of the End for Hansell -- 20. The Eagle Stretches His Wings -- 21. LeMay Firebombs Japan -- 22. The Aerial Mining of Japan -- 23. Tinian and Muroc -- 24. LeMay's Role in the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs -- 25. A Postmortem -- Appendices -- Glossary of Aviation Terms -- Note on Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.